Turn your phone into a ruler with the power of AR

AirMeasure is the ultimate measuring ToolKit for your phone. Now anytime, anywhere you have not only a tape measure but a whole set of tools to let you measure almost anything. Loaded with features, download it now.

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Niv Dror- VC at Shrug Capital

It's about time the ruler was disrupted.

Gloria Fredricks

As an interior designer, subcontractors always took my tapes...until I painted them PINK! Can't wait to see this!

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CNET

No tape measure, no problem. An AR app built for iOS turns your smartphone into a virtual measuring device.

The Next Web

One resourceful company is reinventing the ruler. Creative collective Laan Labs has developed a nifty mobile app that relies on augmented reality technology to turn your smartphone into a legitimate measuring device. To accomplish this, AR Measure factors in the distance between various points in 3D space to help you measure any physical object by simply usi…See more

9to5Mac

ARKit will be available to everyone in just a couple of weeks, and while we've seen a variety of applications that take advantage of it thus far, more polished implementations are emerging as we near the public release. Today, developer Rinat Khanov has unveiled his new augmented reality app, MeasureKit.

Motherboard

I'm getting ready to welcome my first child to the world soon and have found myself measuring a lot of things as of late. Maybe that's why this video of an augmented reality measuring tape application caught my eye.

Curbed

If this digital measuring tape is any indication of the practical future of augmented reality, then there's a lot to look forward to. Called AR Measure and developed by Laan Labs, the coming-soon iOS app turns any iPhone or iPad into a virtual ruler that can measure just about anything (within reason, of course).

Popular Mechanics

You can now add a tape measurer to the list of tools you can keep on your phone. Laanlabs, a small app developer, has created a virtual tape measurer in their new app AR Measure.

Hand-picked curation of the coolest stuff made with ARKit

This is a pretty awesome curated site (and Twitter handle) that posts loads of the latest ARKit projects

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BGR

Apple in just a few hours will command the attention of the tech world when it introduces the highly anticipated iPhone X. With a brand new edgeless OLED display, the iPhone X will usher in the most significant design change to the iPhone form factor we've seen in years.

Road to VR

Apple's ARKit has been out for developers since it was announced last month. Because of the mind-boggling number of iPhones and iPads capable of running ARKit, the new tool is already spreading its augmented reality wings across the Internet thanks to a diverse set of developers.

An AR platform for creatives

Snapchat Lens Studio is an AR development platform for anybody to build magical Augmented Reality experiences. Make your own dancing hot dog 🌭🕺

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TechCrunch

Snapchat is finally opening up so outside developers can help it offer infinite augmented reality experiences beyond those it designs in-house. Today Snap launches the Lens Studio AR developer tool for desktops so anyone can create World Lenses that place interactive, imaginary 3D objects in your photos and videos.

Recode

Snap is opening up its augmented reality platform to everyone on Thursday. That means anyone with some graphic design and photoshop skills can now create AR features for Snapchat's camera. It could be something as basic as a photo frame that users can add around their photos, or something as complicated as a hotdog that's break dancing on your kitchen table.

Mashable

Snap is opening up to more creators. The self-proclaimed camera company released Lens Studio on Thursday as a way for developers to build augmented-reality experiences for Snapchat. The tool, available as a desktop app on Mac and Windows, is similar to Facebook's AR studio, released earlier this week.

Snap

Today, we're announcing Lens Studio - a new way for anyone to create Lenses for the Snapchat community!

YouTube

The World is your Canvas. Create, publish, and share magical augmented reality experiences with Lens Studio for Windows and Mac. Download now! https://lensstudio.snapchat.com/

Got your iPhone X? Check out the power of TrueDepth camera

By popular request, you can now use MeasureKit’s Face Mesh tool to scan and export your face into a 3D model on the iPhone X. For example, so you can make a physical mask of your face using a 3D printer.